After such a long period of cancelled and postponed races, this weekend finally had a feeling of normality about it with Peel Road Runners racing at different events all over the country. Covering the full marathon distance and crossing the finish line in first place, Martin Hollamby ran the Battle of the Borders trail race […]
Peel Road Runners were out in force at parkruns across the country this weekend. The largest turnout was at Kingsbury, where Martin Hollamby was the first across the line on the 5k course in a time of 18:58. He was followed by Chris Bennett in 23:21, Mike Shelton in 24:22, Simon Gordon in 24:53, Stella […]
Saturday morning would not be a Saturday morning for many of the Peel Road Runners who like to start their weekends with a 5k timed run around a local park. Starting their weekends off in Peeler style, Zoe Schnepp travelled to Derby to run the Markeaton Park parkrun in a time of 23:29 whilst for […]
With another local race the victim of Covid19 restrictions, the Burton 10k organised by Hatton Darts was held as a virtual race this year. The 10k road race, which forms part of the Burton and District Summer League, would normally start near Burton hospital with an energy-sapping uphill run to the village of Anslow before […]
On Sunday 8th August, Peel Road Runner Malcolm Bembridge competed in the Compton Verney sprint triathlon. The race consisted of a 400m open water swim in Compton Verney Lake, a 21km mostly flat bike ride and a 5k run around the tracks and trails of Compton Verney estate. Bembridge completed the course in a creditable 1:30:00. […]
